I am, therefore I think

In 1637 René Descartes published his Discourse on the Method in French stating in Latin, Cogito, ergo sum which roughly translates as I think, therefore I am. And ever since I first came across the phrase whilst studying philosophy at Uni, I’ve had a problem with it. It’s always felt as if it’s a bit itchy or scratchy, niggling away in the back of my mind that something about it wasn’t quite right. Then, back in the mid 1990’s Louise L Hay’s book ‘You can heal your life’ was recommended when I was going through a particularly tough few years physically and mentally. That was the start of a conscious journey that lead me to the present moment. Throughout that journey, Descarte’s statement has sat at the back of my mind as a constant sense that it held a key that would unlock a completely different world. More recently, after being introduced to the work of Syd Banks I came to a better understanding about how my mind works and things started to shift. It felt miraculous in some ways as long held behaviours that I had previously thought were ‘me’ were tipped up and shaken out, showing that they were habits I had simply grown used to. And it has slowly dawned on me that this simple statement held a fundamental truth, but it was misaligned and that it is not that the thinking creates me, rather I am here and a part of my experience of this life is that I think. To think is not the precursor to life, it is simply on...
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